Belt-buckle.



No. 680,929. Patanted Aug. 20, mm. I. LEWENTHL.

BELT BUCKLE.

(Application filed Mar. 9, 1901.)

(No Model.)

treat rerun.

ISAAC LEWENTIIAL, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

BELT BUCKLE.

SEEGIEIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 680,929, dated August 20, 1901.

Application filed March 9, 1901.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC LEWENTHAL, a citizen of the United States,residingatthe city of NewYork, borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York,have made certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Buckles or Similar Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to buckles for belts; and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and further pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a body or buckle of the desired shape or construction provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a top edge view, and Fig. 3 is an inverted edge View.

In the employment of belt-buckles and similar articles having separable halves or portions it has been customary to provide a catch for detachably uniting these portions, consisting of a simple hook and eye of conventional construction located substantially or approximately in the center vertically of the buckle. This method of uniting the sections has been found to be very unsatisfactory, in that in use the buckle-sections are inclined to and do wabble or vibrate upon the fastening, wearing out the dress, distorting the buckle, and straining and often breaking the fastening. These difficulties are avoided in my improvements, in which the fastening, preferably of the hook-and-eye sort, is located on the buckle (including both sections asa single part) above the center, and below the center (or this stated relation may be reversed) is located a stop, so that any tendency to draw the buckle-sections apart will cause one of the sections to the more firmly bear against the stop and not only (with the fastener) prevent a separation of the sections, but hold them firmly against movement on each other.

In the embodiment of my invention herein illustrated, 1 and 2 are buckle-sections of any suitable or desired construction, configuration, or material, preferably metallic, however, having vertically meeting edges 3, which when the sections are secured together, as in Figs. 2 and 3, abut against each other.

At 4 is the eye-section of the fastener, of

Serial No. 50,419. (N0 model.)

conventional form,havin g an elongated opening 5, a vertical cross-bar 6, and converging side bars 7, which are secured to the rear face of the buckle-section 1, the bar 6 extending beyond the edge 3.

On the section 2 is a conventional platehook 8, comprising the outwardly-extending shank 9 and tongue 10, extending at an angle to the shank and substantially coincident to the plane of the buckle-section 2.

As will be noticed,both parts of the fastener are located each one preferably above the center of the buckle taken along the line of the edge At the other side of the center of the buckle is secured a stud or stop 11, con1-= prising an outwardly-extending shank 12 and enlarged head 13, the shank being located, preferably, immediately at the edge of the buckle-section 2, so that the head will overlie said edge and be adapted to receive the edge of the opposing section against it to restrain any overlapping or lateral movement of the sections relative to each other.

At l-l are clips for securing a band, belt, or the like 15 of any desired material or con struction to the buckle-sections, although any other suitable fastener may be employed.

It will be apparent that any distending force applied to the hook-and-eye fastener, as through the belt ends, will cause the edge 3 of the section 1 to bear forcibly against the shank of the stud, and thus prevent any Wabbling or vibration of the sections upon each other, for although the shank of the hook bears against the cross-bar it must have freedom of movement to facilitate insertion and withdrawal, and this allows of the vibration unless restrained, above described.

The relative positions of the fastener and stud may be reversed, the form or character of the fastener altered, providing the substitution be suitable, as likewise may be the stop and their number, and a stop may be applied to the edge of the section 1, staggered in relation to the one shown, all without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim- 1. In a buckle comprising separate sections having abutting edges, the combination of an interlocking fastening device having a separate part secured to each of said sections, and a stop on one of the sections adjacent its abutting edge located between the terminal of said edge and the fastener and adapted to be engaged by the abutting edge of the other section. v

2. In a buckle comprising separate sections having abutting edges, of a fastening device comprising separate parts secured to said sections above the center of said edges, and a stop located on one of said sections below said center adjacent said sections abutting edge and adapted to be engaged by the abutting edge of the other section.

3. The combination with the separable buckle-sections, of the two-part fastener comprising the eye 4, having the bar 6, and the hook having the shank 9, and tongue 10, and the stop 11 having the shank 12 at the section edge and enlarged head 13.

Signed at the city, county, and State of New York this 8th day of March, 1901.

ISAAC LEWENTI-IAL.

Witnesses:

OHAs. G. HENSLEY, SOPHIE SEKosKY. 

